Hi,

What steps will reproduce the problem?

1. Put incompatible option (e.g., allow root and allow_others)
2. Login
3. login fails as expected. auth.log shows a line

pam_encfs[9269]: exitcode : 1, errorstring :

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

I would expect more info in the error string. Even a string like

errorstring : Login failure. Login from a console to see more info.

is an improvement. Of course better if more specific info can be shown as errorstring in auth.log.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?

0.1.4.4, Debian GNU/Linux.

Please provide any additional information below.

This issue is filed after Debian BTS bug report http://bugs.debian.org/648704. Submitter proposes to capture STDERR and show that info as errorstring. I see two problems with this:

• encfs verbose mode needs to be disabled.
• Since STDERR is captured no info is shown at all when trying to login from a console. I consider the info shown when login from a console the major source of information in case of problems, so I am not happy with this way.

Regards,